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| From | Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? |
| Date | 2018-11-16 03:50 +0100 |
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Note: top-posting fixed, some quotes trimmed. > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 2:54 PM Alexander V. Makartsev > <avbetev@gmail.com <mailto:avbetev@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I don't understand what are you talking about. There is no need to > do things you describe on Debian manually. > Installation of "nvidia-driver" package is very straight forward > and it's dependencies takes care of nouveau blacklisting for you, > among the other things. > > > On 11/15/2018 08:13 PM, Tom D. wrote: >> Thank you for your kind reply. I downloaded the driver from >> www.nvidia.com <http://www.nvidia.com>for NVIDIA geforce GTX 678 >> video card driver. >> >> It was a shell script with sh extension. >> >> So until I blacklist nouveau completely from the Debian OS, >> Nvidia driver won't install. As a result, I had to blacklist >> nouveau completely and do other things. >> >> One of the reasons for installing that driver is Cuda support on >> Debian. >> >> So I was just saying if there were an easier method to choose >> between NVIDIA's driver from their website or nvidia-package and >> disable nouveau accordingly that would be great? Because Linux is >> about giving people choice alternative options. Isn't it? >> >> Sincerely >> Adrian D'Costa > Tom (or Adrian?): what Alexander is saying is that if you ignore the direct download from the nVIDIA site, and just apt install nvidia-driver it will download a copy of the proprietary driver and install it for you, while simultaneously removing nouveau. That's the Debian Way to install the commercial driver. -- Carl Fink carl@finknetwork.com Thinking and logic and stuff at Reasonably Literate http://reasonablyliterate.com
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Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? "Adrian D'Costa" <adriandcosta1@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 18:50 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-11-15 19:10 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? "Adrian D'Costa" <adriandcosta1@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 20:10 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? Samuel Henrique <samueloph@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 20:20 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 21:00 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? "Tom D." <dtom77@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 02:20 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-11-16 03:50 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? "Tom D." <dtom77@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 04:30 +0100
Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 16:40 +0100
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